Posted: 04.01.2023 16:11:00

Expert explains why Poland creates tense situation on the border with Belarus

The Poles deliberately block traffic at the checkpoints across the border with Belarus in order to spur protest moods on our territory and make the Belarusian transit corridor unprofitable – as stated by Vadim Gigin, the Chairman of the Board of the Republican Belarusian Znanie Society, during his talk with Alfa Radio

The expert recalled that the Polish side, among other things, is trying to do everything to prevent Ukrainian refugees from entering the territory of Belarus through their checkpoints.

“The Chairman of the State Border Committee, Lieutenant General Anatoly Lappo, said earlier that the Poles deliberately slow down vehicles in order to create discontent on the border from our side. They also stop refugees from Ukraine who are trying to enter our territory through the Polish-Belarusian border,” said Vadim Gigin.

According to him, some Ukrainian families have to stay at the border for days and listen to threats from the Poles in order to wait for permission to enter the Belarusian territory.

“The Poles also create additional risks for carriers in order to create some discontent from our side, spur some protest moods and make the Belarusian transit corridor unprofitable,” Vadim Gigin underlined.

The political analyst believes that in this situation one can clearly see who was actually the organiser of the refugee crisis.

“The Polish side. <...> It was then that it exaggerated this crisis, deliberately created it. Now the Poles are provoking a customs crisis in exactly the same way,” he concluded.